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At the Polish aviation training ground Nadarzyce, the pilot of a MiG-29 fighter from a 30-mm gun fired at another MiG-29, with which he was flying in a pair. The incident occurred on May 14 during an exercise.

The Western military District (ZVO) will be reinforced with hypersonic missile systems "Dagger", according to "Izvestia", citing sources in the Russian Defense Ministry.

It is expected that the production of 30-mm VOG shots for the AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher will be made from components of domestic production and individual materials produced by the chemical industry of one of the NATO member states.

In the future, the munition can be used as part of the defensive weapons of existing and new models

The Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (JSC "TSNIITOCHMASH" of the state Corporation "Rostec") has developed a new ammunition for protection against high-precision weapons, which will increase the survivability of armored vehicles on the battlefield. This was reported on Friday to journalists in the press service of Rostec.

The head of the holding "Technodinamika" Igor Nasenkov said that according to the results of the tests, a decision will be made on putting it into service

The Tosochka heavy flamethrower system TOS-2 will complete state tests by the end of 2021. This was announced on Friday by the head of the holding company "Technodinamika" of the state Corporation "Rostec" Igor Nasenkov during the SPIEF-2021.

In Russia, a munition has been created that "blinds" the guidance systems of high-precision weapons of the enemy. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Alexey Leonkov spoke about the principle of operation and the features of the development.

Serial deliveries of new-generation S-500 Prometheus air defense systems and Zircon hypersonic missiles will soon begin, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told Interfax.

Russia continues to build a factory in Venezuela for the licensed production of AK-103 and ammunition, a source familiar with the work told Interfax.

Tests of the planning bomb "Drill" can be completed in 2022. The readiness of the new ammunition TASS revealed the head of the holding "Technodinamika" Igor Nasenkov.

A demonstration sample of the system is planned to be demonstrated to representatives of the Ministry of Defense at the Army-21 forum

The concern "Techmash" (located in the control loop of the holding "Technodinamika" of Rostec) plans to start production of a light multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) of 80 mm caliber in 2024. This was reported to journalists by the head of the holding "Technodinamika" Igor Nasenkov on the sidelines of the Congress of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia.

The share of foreign electronics in public procurement in 2020 decreased from 51% to 43%, and should decrease even more due to the government decree on the minimum share of purchases of goods of Russian origin, which entered into force on January 1, 2021, a member of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) said at the plenary session "Electronic industry as a technological basis for sovereign and innovative development" of the first International Industrial Forum "Intelligence of Machines and Mechanisms", held in Sevastopol.

The specialists of the International Mine Action Center (IPC) of the Russian Armed Forces have a high level of training, are ready to assist in humanitarian demining in any region of the world and train foreign military personnel in sapper skills.

According to an informed source, the Mi-28NM attack helicopter will be able to take up to four of the latest Product-305 missiles, which will bring it closer to the capabilities of a front-line bomber.

The latest Russian combat helicopter Mi-28NM will be able to carry up to four long-range cruise missiles, its strike capabilities will be comparable to front-line bombers. On May 29, a source in the aircraft industry told RIA Novosti.

The detachment of the International Mine Action Center (MPC) of the Russian Armed Forces found and destroyed more than 105 thousand explosive objects and trained more than 1,200 Syrian soldiers during the tasks of clearing the territory of Syria.

The 4th International Conference on Humanitarian Demining and Countering Improvised Explosive Devices has opened in the Moscow region on the basis of the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center.

More than 50 units of the second-generation anti-tank missile systems "Fagot" entered service with the motorized rifle unit of the Southern Military District (SE), stationed in the Stavropol Territory.

Servicemen of the engineering troops of the Russian Armed Forces arrived in Serbia to participate in joint exercises. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, during the training, the Russian and Serbian military will work out issues of interaction when performing engineering support tasks.

American special forces will shoot further, more accurately and more deadly. May 24, portal militarytimes.com He said that under the SOF Warrior program, Special Operations Forces will receive new machine guns, as well as lightweight ammunition.

The weapons belonging to the company EMKO, stored in warehouses in the Czech village of Vrbetice, where the 2014 explosions occurred, were old ammunition from the Warsaw Pact era and were not intended for sale. This was stated in an interview with the magazine Der Spiegel on Saturday, May 22, the head of the company, the Bulgarian arms dealer Emiliyan Gebrev.